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president barack obama calls it a start in the recovery of the housing market. homeowners in maryland, virginia and the district will benefit. maryland will get nearly $1 billion out of the deal. virginia, more than $479 million. and dc $40 million. it will be used to lower mortgage balances and pay some homeowners who went through foreclosure. >>> why this weekend may not be a bad time to buy a power ball ticket. >>> first, the approval of the first nuclear plant since three mile island. back in a moment. brad and jill in accounting? crazy! coffee and chocolate. mocha. ooh! who's mocha? for the perfect blend of coffee and chocolate, try a mocha coffee or latte today. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. definitely dunkin'. you know, i need to get that jolt in the morning, but i want something good to do that. you can't mistake the flavor. i run on dunkin'. tell us what you're drinkin' for a chance to be famous. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >>> the killing in syria continues and now president barack obama is condemning the bombardment as, quote, outrageous blo
president barack obama calls it a start in the recovery of the housing market. homeowners in maryland, virginia and the district will benefit. maryland will get nearly $1 billion out of the deal. virginia, more than $479 million. and dc $40 million. it will be used to lower mortgage balances and pay some homeowners who went through foreclosure. >>> why this weekend may not be a bad time to buy a power ball ticket. >>> first, the approval of the first nuclear plant since three...
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care or what they labeled as obama care. so, while this decision settles legal questions surrounding president obama's health care plan, as you can tell, politically, the debate is still just beginning. reporting live from the supreme court, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> thank you, tracee. >>> the supreme court's ruling this morning is being felt from the white house to capitol hill to wall street and here to off aer some insight into today's landmark ruling is public policy professor tarren. we should also mention you served on the health education pension labor committee in the senate from 2008 to 2010. you were watching a lot of what was going on when we first talked about this kind of overall health care bill first beginning to be discussed in the senate. so, what do you think? is this a victory for the obama administration? >> it is. it certainly is and it's a victfry the nearly 50 million americans who don't have health insurance coverage. no longer will people be denied health insurance coverage because they're sick.
care or what they labeled as obama care. so, while this decision settles legal questions surrounding president obama's health care plan, as you can tell, politically, the debate is still just beginning. reporting live from the supreme court, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> thank you, tracee. >>> the supreme court's ruling this morning is being felt from the white house to capitol hill to wall street and here to off aer some insight into today's landmark ruling is public policy...
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president barack obama is due to pardon one of those turkeys in an annual tradition. two birds are always delivered incase one becomes sick and the turkeys will live the rest of their days in mt. vernon. >>> trains will be longer than normal on wednesday and sunday to help airport travelers out of town. and others will be running on sunday's schedule and bart will run full length trains for any of those shoppers or somebody who has to work. >> i just got off the phone with dispatchers and bart is doing well and so are the other transit systems and as we check regularly we make sure nothing is going wrong. checking on the roads, 880 southbound, there are no major problems as you drive through and 880 is looking crowded so it does not look like it's going to be too much lighter, we'll see what happens. i am also looking good here in the south bayment we strong a lot of slowed traffic just yet according to the road sensor. >>> there is rain already in the north bay. mostly cloudy and windy and mild for some and that will be the forecast and it will be a little to the nor
president barack obama is due to pardon one of those turkeys in an annual tradition. two birds are always delivered incase one becomes sick and the turkeys will live the rest of their days in mt. vernon. >>> trains will be longer than normal on wednesday and sunday to help airport travelers out of town. and others will be running on sunday's schedule and bart will run full length trains for any of those shoppers or somebody who has to work. >> i just got off the phone with...
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president obama touched on the cost of college issue in his state of the union address. and he listed help from a dozen college presidents and higher education leaders from across the country to come up with some appearses. we're happy to have the three of them in this morning. nancy is a chancellor of the state university system of new york. king alexander and tom snyder, president of ivy tech community college of indiana. welcome, all of you. president obama, he's not holding back when he says he wants colleges to change the cost structure. listen. >> we are putting colleges on notice. you can't keep -- you can't assume that you'll just jack up tuition every single year. if you can't stop tuition from going up, then the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down. we should push colleges to do better. we should hold them accountable if they don't. >> students and parents of prospective students like to hear that. nancy, you lead parents like to hear that. you lead is it the highest education system in the country. >> right. >> what does this mean? college is
president obama touched on the cost of college issue in his state of the union address. and he listed help from a dozen college presidents and higher education leaders from across the country to come up with some appearses. we're happy to have the three of them in this morning. nancy is a chancellor of the state university system of new york. king alexander and tom snyder, president of ivy tech community college of indiana. welcome, all of you. president obama, he's not holding back when he...
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that's what barack obama's stance is. nancy pelosi and some other congressional democrats, senator chuck shchumer as well, have sad let's extend all the cuts up to $1 million, but not anything over $1 million. republicans, of course, say the people who make that much money, those are the job creators. if we don't extend their tax cuts, they're not going to be able to create economy. >> what about the possibility of some sort of a compromise being worked out in congress? i know the political climate is what it is. is there any chance of a short-term extension? >> you have to remember these things don't expire until december 31st. what we're likely going to see -- and this is going right back to the fiscal cliff issue we were talking about earlier, is all this will be dealt with in the lame duck session. what really determines how it will be dealt with is who's in office. it could be mitt romney, barack obama, we don't know what the lay of the land in congress will be in terms of who's going to be in power. all those things
that's what barack obama's stance is. nancy pelosi and some other congressional democrats, senator chuck shchumer as well, have sad let's extend all the cuts up to $1 million, but not anything over $1 million. republicans, of course, say the people who make that much money, those are the job creators. if we don't extend their tax cuts, they're not going to be able to create economy. >> what about the possibility of some sort of a compromise being worked out in congress? i know the...
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. >> president obama said this is not a time to celebrate but to reflect. he called the american people to remember those who participated in the operation one year ago to kill osama bin laden. >> thanks so much. on the heels of a nationwide terror threat, d.c. police had cleared a suspicious letter sent the department of agriculture in southwest. a non-toxic white powder was contained an employee on the 64 found a letter, opened it and people were exposed. >> it is a reigning star to the day consuela but should warm up -- it is a creamy start today but it should warm up. >> we had quite a bit of rain this morning. now we are seeing a little bit of sunshine. every now and then, the clouds part. this is a time lapse from earlier today. you can see it was pretty overcast this morning with showers. there are little glimpses of blue every so often. nonetheless, we have a fair amount of clouds. but look at the temperatures. upper 70's of downtown. highs will be in the low 80's today and next chance of rain will probably not be until tomorrow. >> thanks so much.
. >> president obama said this is not a time to celebrate but to reflect. he called the american people to remember those who participated in the operation one year ago to kill osama bin laden. >> thanks so much. on the heels of a nationwide terror threat, d.c. police had cleared a suspicious letter sent the department of agriculture in southwest. a non-toxic white powder was contained an employee on the 64 found a letter, opened it and people were exposed. >> it is a reigning...
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hillary rodham clinton accompanied president barack obama at summit meetings with asian leaders. she met with palestinians officials and he egyptian officials in cairo. >> the bottom line still remains that hamas has to stop this rocket fire so ultimately they are the ones who will have to be part of a solution that ends what israeli citizens. >> many have been killed in the week long fighting. >>> and helping to catch a second suspect, it has now don't to 20,000 dollars. these men are responsible for armed robberies. he said it will match the money already being offered and police say they killed a 22- year-old man. >>> a man arrested in oakland airport was arrested because of a suspicious looking watch will not face charges. he was stopped at a security checkpoint and he later posted bail and was released. tsa employees thought his watch looked like a timing device for an explosive. take a look, this is what the watch looked like and his lawyer said his client made that watch and described it is a work of art. well, a spirit april liar dash airlines flight was disrupted to do,
hillary rodham clinton accompanied president barack obama at summit meetings with asian leaders. she met with palestinians officials and he egyptian officials in cairo. >> the bottom line still remains that hamas has to stop this rocket fire so ultimately they are the ones who will have to be part of a solution that ends what israeli citizens. >> many have been killed in the week long fighting. >>> and helping to catch a second suspect, it has now don't to 20,000 dollars....
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come down to a handful of states. >> thank you for sending mitt romney to the white house and barack obama back to chicago. >> the campaign is shifting to a different stage this week with wednesday night's showdown between president obama ann romney. >> if you have taken a look at the history of debates, it is not about policies. is not about facts. it has changed because someone did badly or did well. >> both candidates are in intense prep sections. romney may have the most on the line. his campaign is looking at this as a chance for a game changer. >> one more note from the campaign trail. and a four paul ryan has confirmed -- and aide for paul ryan has confirmed you will spend three days preparing for his debate with vice president joe biden. and new information in the arrest but -- the rest of a man charged with armed robbery and the beating of another man. the police chief says three men attacked others that night, apparently trying to get cell phones from each victim. none of these attacks were as severe as the victim who has undergone four brain surgery is. authorities have identifi
come down to a handful of states. >> thank you for sending mitt romney to the white house and barack obama back to chicago. >> the campaign is shifting to a different stage this week with wednesday night's showdown between president obama ann romney. >> if you have taken a look at the history of debates, it is not about policies. is not about facts. it has changed because someone did badly or did well. >> both candidates are in intense prep sections. romney may have the...
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>> the same views barack obama expressed until may of this year. >> they are. the same views hillary clinton and joe biden expressed four years ago. they are the expressions of voters in 32 out of 32 states. there's not one state why the voters had a chance to decide marriage where they didn't decide the same thing dan calf fee todstood for. >> the chik-fil-a sandwich is symbol of whether or not you support gay marriage? >> no. they never asked for the controversy. he made his comments perctly appropriate for any forum but especially in a christian forum. there were gay activists who took to bullying him because he said it. what really tipped it over the edge when you see these mayors coming out using their official position and pedestal as a public official to denounce this company because of the individual who ran it. it is one thing to say i don't agree with their position. that's fine even as a public official but to imply or openly threaten that company from doing business in one of those cities, that was over the edge. couldn't just go unchallenged. >> yo
>> the same views barack obama expressed until may of this year. >> they are. the same views hillary clinton and joe biden expressed four years ago. they are the expressions of voters in 32 out of 32 states. there's not one state why the voters had a chance to decide marriage where they didn't decide the same thing dan calf fee todstood for. >> the chik-fil-a sandwich is symbol of whether or not you support gay marriage? >> no. they never asked for the controversy. he...
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if you want to watch president obama's news conference edging the two day nato summit in chicago. that will be live on cspan at 4:350 eastern. 4:30 eastern. >>> just got a look at some of the people who are going to be testifying before the senate homeland security subcommittee. some officials from the fbi we'll hear from the defense and state department and the department of education. they'll be looking at how language skill deficiencies impact national security and what they can do to improve the united states' language capabilities. and let you know that the senate is in right now on cspan 2. they're going to be considering fda reauthorization of a user fee for the fda. also taking up a judicial nomination. that's going to happen at 4:30 with votes scheduled at 5:30. we're going to hear from president obama later on. 4:30 he'll be closing the nato summit in chicago with a news conference. we'll have that live on cspan at 40030. later tonight president obama will be speaking at the commencement ceremony at joplin, missouri. this month marks 1 years since tornadoes killed 160 pe
if you want to watch president obama's news conference edging the two day nato summit in chicago. that will be live on cspan at 4:350 eastern. 4:30 eastern. >>> just got a look at some of the people who are going to be testifying before the senate homeland security subcommittee. some officials from the fbi we'll hear from the defense and state department and the department of education. they'll be looking at how language skill deficiencies impact national security and what they can do...
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. >> getting back to the standoff between republicans in congress and president obama, i wanted to ask about the meeting that took place today. you had labor leaders there. they have said in an interview if medicare and social security are part of any deal that president obama strikes with republicans, labor will be against it. and i look at that and i say, how can that not be part of any deal that obama strikes with republicans? how much trouble will he have on the left selling any deal he reaches? >> it's going to be hard to sell. any deal that deals with those entitlement issues. harry reid said clearly here, social security, we will not touch social security as part of this package. so it's probably going to end upcoming down to e medicare and medicaid. if the president starts to negotiate on those issues because he'll have to do some of that in order to get republicans support on taxes. even mitch mcconnell went to the floor and said, i will consider higher revenues, but the president has to agree to something on entitlements. so the question is, if he does do something, how many
. >> getting back to the standoff between republicans in congress and president obama, i wanted to ask about the meeting that took place today. you had labor leaders there. they have said in an interview if medicare and social security are part of any deal that president obama strikes with republicans, labor will be against it. and i look at that and i say, how can that not be part of any deal that obama strikes with republicans? how much trouble will he have on the left selling any deal...
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i think to the obama administration's credit when he came into office to set up something called the high
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the quickest way for obama to kill a deal he doesn't like is to praise it. i've actually toured with the idea that maybe we should raise the taxes on the 1% because many vote for obama and they deserve it. the more serious part of the theory is if you want people to want less government, mabel they will pay for the government they're getting and they will want less of it. under obama, we have seen the federal government's share of gdp go from a historic range of .3% in peacetime to 27% su we have already had this wretched with obama care and the stimulus. we're told meet us halfway. they are open to higher revenues but not necessarily higher tax rates but obama does not want to have that are given. he believes in punitive liberalism to tax the rich. people will have to move off of that if there will be in a move on the republican side to. >> do you want to respond? >> i could give a fairly robust response to that. including that the elected government other than entitlements which have been supported by both, that spending has gone down. you have seen a will
the quickest way for obama to kill a deal he doesn't like is to praise it. i've actually toured with the idea that maybe we should raise the taxes on the 1% because many vote for obama and they deserve it. the more serious part of the theory is if you want people to want less government, mabel they will pay for the government they're getting and they will want less of it. under obama, we have seen the federal government's share of gdp go from a historic range of .3% in peacetime to 27% su we...
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president obama's mou has -- move has started a debate about this controversial shift. >> president obama is the first sitting president to openly support same-sex marriage, a controversial move that may impact the elections. >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> that announcement wednesday during an interview with abc news. the endorsement is a reversal for president obama, who in the past, supported civil unions but said marriage was between a man and woman. >> i have been going through any dilution on this issue. i have always been adamant that gay and lesbian americans be treated fairly and equally. >> the change of heart is good news to gay-rights advocates but it is not clear how it will play out with other voters. half of americans support same- sex marriage while 40%, including the presumptive gop nominee do not. >> i do not favor marriage between people of the same gender and i do not prefer civil unions, if they are are identical to marriage is bought by name. >> this could heard obama in southern states, including north carolina, who just passed a ban on
president obama's mou has -- move has started a debate about this controversial shift. >> president obama is the first sitting president to openly support same-sex marriage, a controversial move that may impact the elections. >> i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> that announcement wednesday during an interview with abc news. the endorsement is a reversal for president obama, who in the past, supported civil unions but said marriage was between a man and...
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friction between mayor rahm emmanuel and first lady michelle obama made in the new book called the obamas claims distant hot relationships defending relationship mayor rahm emmanuel today >> first of all i have it relationship with the president and the first lady and i continue to have a close relationship and i know what i know which is the truth and very proud to have worked with the president and first lady and very proud to call them friends. the book also says first lady office isolated from the rest of the white house and the reluctant for her husband to run for president. reading and writing and racism southern georgia parents say outraged over mathematics problems referencing slavery in the old south. complaints of gross norcross georgia elementary school mathematics problems dealing with slippery one problem said each tree at 56 oranges if 8 slaves pick them equally how much would each slave pick? another asked if frederick got two beatings today how many beatings did he get in one week or two weeks? >> how to explain to my 8 year old why slavery is in a math problem that hurt s
friction between mayor rahm emmanuel and first lady michelle obama made in the new book called the obamas claims distant hot relationships defending relationship mayor rahm emmanuel today >> first of all i have it relationship with the president and the first lady and i continue to have a close relationship and i know what i know which is the truth and very proud to have worked with the president and first lady and very proud to call them friends. the book also says first lady office...
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president obama's says the u.s. has been in direct talks with italian and to forge a permanent peace in afghanistan. then him cbs news the white house. and there's new hope tonight for thousands of people suffering from a global shortage. and help is thanks to the power of social never came. elizabeth cook explains how this book is not a tool to save lives. you can learn a lot about a person based on the facebook page for favorite books and movies to what they did last night that users have another status updates. theyre organ donor status is as simple as an update on your timeline under life events and the health and wellness tab. then you click on organ donors and are directed to the organ donor registry. it's how they announce the organ donor at the earlier today the number of people who signed up to be donors went out by 700 percent. zucker says he got the idea through dinner conversations with his men school, a student girlfriend and his friendship with apple founder steve jobs. more than 100,000 americans are
president obama's says the u.s. has been in direct talks with italian and to forge a permanent peace in afghanistan. then him cbs news the white house. and there's new hope tonight for thousands of people suffering from a global shortage. and help is thanks to the power of social never came. elizabeth cook explains how this book is not a tool to save lives. you can learn a lot about a person based on the facebook page for favorite books and movies to what they did last night that users have...
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top issues on the campaign trail and president obama and governor romney saying he is the man to fix it. the latest from the campaign trail minutes away. we could be hours away from history. in outer space, nasa getting ready to watch its mars rover try to land itself on the martian surface. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity... to drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable tmake restaurant servations... search wi bing... and listen to pandora. presenting the 2013 lexus gs, rx and the all-new es, the leading edge of the leading edge. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newe models. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ "human" by the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. that's the thing about humans. when things are at their worst, we're at our
top issues on the campaign trail and president obama and governor romney saying he is the man to fix it. the latest from the campaign trail minutes away. we could be hours away from history. in outer space, nasa getting ready to watch its mars rover try to land itself on the martian surface. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity... to drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable tmake...
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a cnn orc national poll called it closer with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more we go to nbc's steve handlesman who's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. mitt romney and barack obama came to their third and final debate tied in national polls, but their tv audience seemed sure to be smaller. baseball's national league playoffs and monday night viewers got viewers who missed the face-off on muslim extremist. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda. we can't kill our way out of this. >> governor romney, i'm glad you recognize al qaeda is a threat. a few months ago you said russia was the biggest threat. what we need to do with respect to the middle east is strong, steady leadership, not wrong
a cnn orc national poll called it closer with 48% saying obama won while 40% picked obama. for more we go to nbc's steve handlesman who's in florida for us. steve, good morning. >> reporter: hi, lynn. thanks. good morning from boca raton, florida. the debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. mitt...
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obama wins today. but so does the rest of america. [ mom ] to me, chex is not just a little bowl of cereal, it's kind of a big deal. to find nutritious and gluten-free cereals my whole family actually loves? well, the word "wow" comes to mind. and then a friend told me chex has five flavors that are gluten-free. even a cinnamon one the kids love. a nutritious cereal that makes everybody happy? like i said, wow. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. good and gluten free. >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." america's had a wave of solid jobs numbers, giving the economy 3% growth momentum. looks good. not quite reagan good but good. here's what the president had to say about it today. please take a listen. >> these numbers will go up and down in the coming months. and there's still far too many americans who need a job or need a job that pays better than the one they have now. but the economy is growing stronger. the recovery is speeding up. and we've got to do everything in our power to keep
obama wins today. but so does the rest of america. [ mom ] to me, chex is not just a little bowl of cereal, it's kind of a big deal. to find nutritious and gluten-free cereals my whole family actually loves? well, the word "wow" comes to mind. and then a friend told me chex has five flavors that are gluten-free. even a cinnamon one the kids love. a nutritious cereal that makes everybody happy? like i said, wow. [ male announcer ] chex cereal. five flavors. good and gluten free....
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of course, she supports obama. is that illegal? the "wall street journal" reports th biggest union givers is the air-trafc controllers. why? they start to give more money after obama gave him a contract with pay increases. more than other government workers. it is a coincidence i'm sure. they say they support the president because the administration and strong commitment to their safety. mitt romney must not the. bribery? it seems wrong unions paid to elect politicians who pay them back with yourmoney. why isn't that a scammed? it is legal. crazy. legal. at that union demonstration that union built the middle-class. they gave the workers the eight-hour day, at time off, higher pay. >> do like the five day work week? the weekend? they built the country. eight-hour day came from the 1930's. >> 1914 henry ford doubled wages and to compete gm and chrysler followed suit. 30 years before the uaw insisted. >> because they wanted to compete. >> we would still have the t's 30. >> she is wrong. workers' lives have them plantation proved beca
of course, she supports obama. is that illegal? the "wall street journal" reports th biggest union givers is the air-trafc controllers. why? they start to give more money after obama gave him a contract with pay increases. more than other government workers. it is a coincidence i'm sure. they say they support the president because the administration and strong commitment to their safety. mitt romney must not the. bribery? it seems wrong unions paid to elect politicians who pay them...
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president obama went back to the assembly, his caucus, the lower house and decided what was much more important, this was reported in newspapers, extensively in new jersey it was more important for me not to go to it republican national convention in tampa and say that i got a tax cut for the people of our state than it was to actually give the people of our state a tax cut. unfortunately, this was a reverse to old politics seen relatively infrequently over the last 2.5 years in new jersey. and so we're going to have to have a fight about this over the summer. i'm looking forward to it. i called them back into session. they felt they were leaves june 28th. the end of the session, ready for summer vacation. our constitutional allows the governor to call the legislature back in for special session. i did july 2nd about the importance of trying to reach bipartisan compromise on this issue, i gave a speech. making our state for kpetable and giving taxpayers relief was much more important than the politics of the day on a speech i have not been invited to give, i'll attend but have absolut
president obama went back to the assembly, his caucus, the lower house and decided what was much more important, this was reported in newspapers, extensively in new jersey it was more important for me not to go to it republican national convention in tampa and say that i got a tax cut for the people of our state than it was to actually give the people of our state a tax cut. unfortunately, this was a reverse to old politics seen relatively infrequently over the last 2.5 years in new jersey. and...
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if obama is talking austerity and the republicans are talking austerity. it is in the time line. it is there, but not framed by the political leadership as central. i think that distinction is important. it may not be a failure of journalists, so much as a failure of our politicians to maintain that robust debate. >> rick. >> i want to talk about the mccarthy thing, actually. what's the difference with the false balance that mccarthy exploited and the false balance now is where is our edward r. murrow. the elites who almost by the fact this they were so confident in their position and were able to intervene and make a moral claim. let me give you an example of how "time" wrote about the john berg society and then about glenn beck a couple of years ago. this is from "time." among the u.s. brotherhoods fighting against communism, nothing is like john burke. it promotes communist style organizations that do not use the name. avoiding the political action. it estimates the u.s. is 60% communist controlled. other times, the americanists as they call themselves admits it's a joke. noth
if obama is talking austerity and the republicans are talking austerity. it is in the time line. it is there, but not framed by the political leadership as central. i think that distinction is important. it may not be a failure of journalists, so much as a failure of our politicians to maintain that robust debate. >> rick. >> i want to talk about the mccarthy thing, actually. what's the difference with the false balance that mccarthy exploited and the false balance now is where is...
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anyway, and obama saying positive things about the gang of six deal, you know, i had a slightly more cynical take on that. that was his way of killing it. given the atmosphere you've described the quickest way for obama to kill a deal he doesn't like is to praise it publicly out front. maybe i'm being too clever and clinical, i don't know. here is the problem to restate it. i've actually, i'm surprised norm hasn't brought it up, i've toyed with the idea maybe we should raise the taxes on the 1% because so many vote for obama and they deserve it. but the more serious part of the theory is that if you want people to want less government, maybe that will pay for all the government they're getting and they'll want less of it. i think that's the check philosophy. i'm an outlier there and no longer welcome at grover's wednesday meetings. however here is the difficulty. we've seen now under obama is we have seen the federal government's share of gdp go from historic range of 21% to 23% in peacetime up to about 24 to 27, with the projections of entitlements taking it up over 30 in years ahea
anyway, and obama saying positive things about the gang of six deal, you know, i had a slightly more cynical take on that. that was his way of killing it. given the atmosphere you've described the quickest way for obama to kill a deal he doesn't like is to praise it publicly out front. maybe i'm being too clever and clinical, i don't know. here is the problem to restate it. i've actually, i'm surprised norm hasn't brought it up, i've toyed with the idea maybe we should raise the taxes on the 1%...
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and it was the hospital where obama was born. that week a journalistic one of the famous doctors there are for lunch and ask you what interesting happened in your life this week? she said well, stanley had a baby. stanley is the mother's name. it's not every week or stanley has a baby. >> you know, you've all had just opened up a discussion about started the conspiratorial at the chamber on the far right lotusphere and everything else. i have a new dairy. i used to think that that talk radio and some elements have come you know, fox or whatever it may be were really helping the republican party. and now, i think maybe it at the party to have some real struggles and hurt them more than help. >> i think that's absolutely right that we see that much more clearly now that there are efforts to take power have failed. if romney had won we would be saying this. clearly they would have been and may sealed universe, where before the affection you have it cannot just romney party sense, but a lot of people who've been watching too much fox
and it was the hospital where obama was born. that week a journalistic one of the famous doctors there are for lunch and ask you what interesting happened in your life this week? she said well, stanley had a baby. stanley is the mother's name. it's not every week or stanley has a baby. >> you know, you've all had just opened up a discussion about started the conspiratorial at the chamber on the far right lotusphere and everything else. i have a new dairy. i used to think that that talk...
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. >>> turning now to campaign 2012, president obama is on the second leg of a two days bus trip. he is stopping in manufacturing towns which helped him back in 2008, and defending the way he has handled the economy. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: president obama is tackling the battle ground state of ohio in a bus. supporters lined the streets on his way to a small town just outside toledo. the crowd braved the heat to hear the president explain why he deserves four more years. >> when the american auto industry was on the brink of collapse, more than 1 million jobs were on the line. governor romney said just let detroit go bankrupt. i refused to turn my back on communities like this. >> this manufacturing town is full of auto workers and the president says his administration is filing a complaint against klein for unfair fees on some suvs made in ohio. >> i would goods shipped around the world stamped with made in america. >> as the president makes the case, he has done all he can to support the economy, the jobs report is due friday. >> republican presidential hopef
. >>> turning now to campaign 2012, president obama is on the second leg of a two days bus trip. he is stopping in manufacturing towns which helped him back in 2008, and defending the way he has handled the economy. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: president obama is tackling the battle ground state of ohio in a bus. supporters lined the streets on his way to a small town just outside toledo. the crowd braved the heat to hear the president explain why he deserves four...
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. >> tonight, the obama administration is ordering evacuations and warning americans not to travel to certain muslim countries. hello, everybody. i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. we've got new developments in the muslim world. the state department is ordering nonessential u.s. government personnel and their families out of sudan and tunisia. anti-american protests continue in those countries and more all sparked by a film produced by an individual in this country. tonight the man behind that film is being questioned by federal authorities in california. >> reporter: nakoula basseley nakoula wrapped a towel around his face as police took him in for questioning. the southern california filmmaker is linked to an antimuslim web video that sparked deadly protests in the muslim world. >> he was never arrested, never detained, never in custody. it was all scroll voluntary. >> reporter: he denies directing the film but federal authorities want to know if his involvement violates a condition of his parole. he was convicted of bank fraudand is banned from using the internet. protests s
. >> tonight, the obama administration is ordering evacuations and warning americans not to travel to certain muslim countries. hello, everybody. i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. we've got new developments in the muslim world. the state department is ordering nonessential u.s. government personnel and their families out of sudan and tunisia. anti-american protests continue in those countries and more all sparked by a film produced by an individual in this country. tonight the man...
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obama on monday. and we have the recipes in sunday's kids post, so kids, you don't have to go back to school with pb & j. you can try something more exotic and healthy. >> kids explore mars at a local face facility. >> that's right. the goddard space center is a wonderful facility. once a month they have a hands-on science program for parents and middle schoolers. the next one is next tuesday. you can register. we have all the details in tuesday's kids post and the theme will be mars because mars is all that kids care about these days. >> last we're talking back to school books already. >> back-to-school time. but in wednesday's kids post we are offering some books, sorry about that. offering some books that will get kids ready and excited for school. so if you've ever been the new kid, we have "the new kid." we have this wonderful book called "the classroom." it's written sort of as a graphic novel. very short chapters and even for kindergartners who may be facing some jitters "marco goes to school."
obama on monday. and we have the recipes in sunday's kids post, so kids, you don't have to go back to school with pb & j. you can try something more exotic and healthy. >> kids explore mars at a local face facility. >> that's right. the goddard space center is a wonderful facility. once a month they have a hands-on science program for parents and middle schoolers. the next one is next tuesday. you can register. we have all the details in tuesday's kids post and the theme will be...
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president obama's health care overhaul set to face a major test in the nation's highest court. we will tell you what to expect and what some brand new polls seem to suggest about where americans stand on their. plus, boggle for a cause. bowling for a cause. how one kid turned his birthday party into a fundraiser to help save other lives. that's coming up. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in needit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. the largest class size in the nation. 47th out of 50 in per-student funding. but right now, we can make history with a ballot measure to send every k-through-12 dollar straight to our schools. to every school and every child. not to sacramento. it's the only initiative that can say all that. check out our online
president obama's health care overhaul set to face a major test in the nation's highest court. we will tell you what to expect and what some brand new polls seem to suggest about where americans stand on their. plus, boggle for a cause. bowling for a cause. how one kid turned his birthday party into a fundraiser to help save other lives. that's coming up. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's...
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president obama's health care overhaul set to face a major test in the nation's highest court. we will tell you what to expect and what some brand new polls seem to suggest about where americans stand on their. plus, boggle for a cause. bowling for a cause. how one kid turned his birthday party into a fundraiser to help save other lives. that's coming up. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in needit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. >> shepard: you will be hearing more in the coming days about the health care law 2010. two year anniversary friday. the supreme court start hearing comments about constitutionality. fox news poll shows the nation is still deeply divided or conflicted even over this law with a statistical tie between the number
president obama's health care overhaul set to face a major test in the nation's highest court. we will tell you what to expect and what some brand new polls seem to suggest about where americans stand on their. plus, boggle for a cause. bowling for a cause. how one kid turned his birthday party into a fundraiser to help save other lives. that's coming up. every time a local business opens its doors or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's...
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the forces of supply and demand are to blame but those in the oil industry pointing fingers at the obama administration. >> it they say one thing and does another and this sends mixed signals. >> we are not going to be able to drill our way out of the problem. >> some believed the economy is strong enough to observe those higher prices. you can see how prices are trending in our area and share your own pictures where you are. >> an eatery is getting back on its feet one year after being destroyed by a fire. >> today we are announcing the new ipad. it is amazing. >> that is right. the new ipad. why is so amazing and when you can eat your hands on one. >> and magnetic storm is heading our way. what it is and what it means for us. >> " most of us enjoy the sunshine. others are dreading for what is to come. >> in front is making its way into the chicago area. that will change our pattern. right now we are on the warm side. it is 61 degrees in baltimore. [ male announcer ] for the saver, and a big first step. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer
the forces of supply and demand are to blame but those in the oil industry pointing fingers at the obama administration. >> it they say one thing and does another and this sends mixed signals. >> we are not going to be able to drill our way out of the problem. >> some believed the economy is strong enough to observe those higher prices. you can see how prices are trending in our area and share your own pictures where you are. >> an eatery is getting back on its feet one...
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for the two sides of the debate would give less voice to the dissenting views because, you know, if obama is talking austerity and the republicans are talking austerity, the keynesian view gets somewhat sideli sidelined. it's very much there in the journalism, it's just not framed by our political leadership. as central. i think that distinction is important. it may not be a failure of journalists so much as a failure of our politicians to maintain that robust debate. >> rick, did you want to comment? >> i want to talk about the mccarthy thing, actually. what's the difference with the false balance that mccarthy exploited and the false balance now is where is our edward r. murrow? i'm talking about, again, in the tradition of morally self-confident elites who almost by dent of the fact they were so confident and so secure in their cultural position were able to kind of make a, intervene in the public sphere and make a moral claim. let me give you an example of how "time" wrote about the john berg society in 1961 and how they wrote about glenn beck when he was on the cover a couple years a
for the two sides of the debate would give less voice to the dissenting views because, you know, if obama is talking austerity and the republicans are talking austerity, the keynesian view gets somewhat sideli sidelined. it's very much there in the journalism, it's just not framed by our political leadership. as central. i think that distinction is important. it may not be a failure of journalists so much as a failure of our politicians to maintain that robust debate. >> rick, did you...
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this program was put in place by president obama's executive order. so the next president could simply reverse it. mitt romney has said that he would veto the dream act, but on this program he hasn't been so definitive. he's actually just said that he would replace and supersede it with a long term solution. anita? >> bruce leshan, thank you. >>> the associated press says the pentagon has been investigating a four star army general william kip ward and now he's facing allegations he misspent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars using the cash to pay for things like air travel and hotel stays for friends and family. defense secretary leon panetta is expected to decide ward's fate by the end of this month. >>> we've got a threat of storms tonight and the 9 weather team is declaring a code yellow alert. >> we're not expecting the storms tonight to be as widespread as yesterday. so that's the good news. friends in the northern neck and eastern shore, we do have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 10:00 tonight. it's basically south and east o
this program was put in place by president obama's executive order. so the next president could simply reverse it. mitt romney has said that he would veto the dream act, but on this program he hasn't been so definitive. he's actually just said that he would replace and supersede it with a long term solution. anita? >> bruce leshan, thank you. >>> the associated press says the pentagon has been investigating a four star army general william kip ward and now he's facing allegations...
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of course, she supports obama. is that illegal? the "wall street journal" reports the biggest union givers is the air-traffic controllers. why? they start to give more money after obama gave him a contract with pay increases. more than other government workers. it is a coincidence i'm sure. they say they support the president because the administration and strong commitment to their safety. mitt romney must not the. bribery? it seems wrong unions paid to elect politicians who pay them back with your money. why isn't that a scammed? it is legal. crazy. legal. at that union demonstration that union built the middle-class. they gave the workers the eight-hour day, at time off, higher pay. >> do like the five day work week? the weekend? they built the country. eight-hour day came from the 1930's. >> 1914 henry ford doubled wages and to compete gm and chrysler followed suit. 30 years before the uaw insisted. >> because they wanted to compete. >> we would still have the t's 30. >> she is wrong. workers' lives have them plantation proved
of course, she supports obama. is that illegal? the "wall street journal" reports the biggest union givers is the air-traffic controllers. why? they start to give more money after obama gave him a contract with pay increases. more than other government workers. it is a coincidence i'm sure. they say they support the president because the administration and strong commitment to their safety. mitt romney must not the. bribery? it seems wrong unions paid to elect politicians who pay them...
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that will be michelle obama's speech. and also the keynote address this year given by young, charismatic san antonio, texas, mayor julian castro. the guy who came up, said he went to school because of the affirmative action program. says his s.a.t.'s weren't high enough, but he did pretty well at stanford. got into harvard law, and now the mayor of san antonio. his twin brother is running for congress. he'll give the keynote address here. reminds you of another guy back in 2004. not at all well-known on the national stage. he got that plum assignment of the keynote address. and afterwards eric l, and afterwards, a lot more people knew who barack obama was. steve handelsman live at the democratic national convention in charlotte. >> back when he was the senator and now president. thank you very much, steve. and president obama will be arriving soon. he stayed back today because his two girls are starting their first day of school. we will have continuing coverage. democratic national convention. live coverage of the big sp
that will be michelle obama's speech. and also the keynote address this year given by young, charismatic san antonio, texas, mayor julian castro. the guy who came up, said he went to school because of the affirmative action program. says his s.a.t.'s weren't high enough, but he did pretty well at stanford. got into harvard law, and now the mayor of san antonio. his twin brother is running for congress. he'll give the keynote address here. reminds you of another guy back in 2004. not at all...
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during his second term, president obama again will be working with a republican controlled house and a democratic controlled senate. we're beginning to have more on the balance of power coming up in 15 minutes. >> hundreds of president obama local supporters got together in san francisco to watch returns come in. this was the democratic watch party at the former tower records store in the castro district. the crowds cheered as states were called in. >> having an obama administration supporting health care, taking the issues of those that have the least and need the most is mass i have for my family and for this nation. >> after the entire race was called, supporters stayed late to celebrate and watch the president's victory speech. and the results to a large celebration filled with chants and cheers on sprawl plaza. students and staff gathered to watch election night coverage on the jumbo ton. for many students this was their first time voting. >> during his concession speech mitt romney said he and paul ryan gave their all to the campaign. the former massachusetts governor told supp
during his second term, president obama again will be working with a republican controlled house and a democratic controlled senate. we're beginning to have more on the balance of power coming up in 15 minutes. >> hundreds of president obama local supporters got together in san francisco to watch returns come in. this was the democratic watch party at the former tower records store in the castro district. the crowds cheered as states were called in. >> having an obama administration...
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president obama celebrated that but played up instead of what he did on immigration. >> it's time to stop denying citizenship to responsible young people just because they're the children of undocumented workers. >> reporter: mitt romney was cautious staying in a statement the nation needs comprehensive immigration refofrmt i'm steve handelsman, nbc news. >>> elsewhere tropical storm debby is absolutely drenching florida's gulf coast. it's expected to continue for days causing flooding and power outages. nbc's jay gray has that story from panama city beach, florida. >> reporter: the winds have intensified but it's the rain that's defined debby to this point, a driving rain, as much as five inches an hour in some of the hardest hit areas. rivers are spilling over their banks. water has swallowed countless roadways and now threatens homes, businesses and even this >> we've been pumping for six hours and are still pumping hoping to get ahold of the storm surge. >> reporter: in some places the race with mother nature has already been lost. >> thank god it didn't happen when we were here
president obama celebrated that but played up instead of what he did on immigration. >> it's time to stop denying citizenship to responsible young people just because they're the children of undocumented workers. >> reporter: mitt romney was cautious staying in a statement the nation needs comprehensive immigration refofrmt i'm steve handelsman, nbc news. >>> elsewhere tropical storm debby is absolutely drenching florida's gulf coast. it's expected to continue for days...
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president obama is isn't an unknown commodity now. he has a record to run on. >> the thing that's interesting. >> go ahead, l.z. then, alice. >> the thing i found interesting, too, i doubted that romney wanted to have this discussion. >> about religion. >> especially about religion. herman cain said what influence did sitting in front of jeremiah wright have on the president. and romney was 31 before, the mormons allowed black people to serve in leadership in his church. 20 years has what to bring forth in a president. what does 31 years look like on a presidential candidate? i don't think he wants to have that conversation. >> i don't think mitt romney wants to wade into the religion pool, especially with mormonism and all of that. go ahead. >> it's not even that issue at all. what we're talking about is people already know about reverend wright. they know what he said about america and president obama sat in his church 20 years during some of the most influential times, when he shaped his political mind and his mindset. and they got
president obama is isn't an unknown commodity now. he has a record to run on. >> the thing that's interesting. >> go ahead, l.z. then, alice. >> the thing i found interesting, too, i doubted that romney wanted to have this discussion. >> about religion. >> especially about religion. herman cain said what influence did sitting in front of jeremiah wright have on the president. and romney was 31 before, the mormons allowed black people to serve in leadership in his...
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here is what president obama said. the u.s. government is not going to be able to afford medicare on its current trajectory the notion we can keep on doing what we are doing and that's okay is not true and of rush limbaugh's that i don't like the idea of letting medicare collapse. it's not sustainable. as of the independent payment advisory board was included in the health reform legislation it cannot change eligibility or ration care increase premiums. if congress doesn't like the recommendations it doesn't have to implement them but congress does have to find an equivalent amount of savings to pare back medicare spending. but the independent panel advisory board has been targeted for repeal buy very powerful forces and this is a pattern and health care reform and all the deals are done that any curve on any revenue any effort to curb that revenue they want to stop. so just as 32 million people will have engines the industry will be getting 32 million customers but it's lots of revenue and they don't want any impediment of get
here is what president obama said. the u.s. government is not going to be able to afford medicare on its current trajectory the notion we can keep on doing what we are doing and that's okay is not true and of rush limbaugh's that i don't like the idea of letting medicare collapse. it's not sustainable. as of the independent payment advisory board was included in the health reform legislation it cannot change eligibility or ration care increase premiums. if congress doesn't like the...
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in the last 15 minutes president obama released a statement responding to this tragedy. he said he's shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic colorado shooting. we will continue to bring you the latest updates on the story as they come in. allie rasmus ktvu. >> thanks. >>> overnight people around the bay area flocked to movie theaters to see the dark knight rises. you are looking at video that was taken this morning at a movie theater in emeryville. we talked to some about this tragedy that unfolded in colorado. >> i don't see why anyone would do anything like that. it was a pg13 movie. it was family fun good times. it wasn't like anything super violent. i like to think it wouldn't happen here but i guess it can happen anywhere. it's definitely a sobering experience. >> i don't have words for this. i just can't imagine that. it's unfathomable. >> security guards we spoke with in emery vail were on hand for the large crowds. but they said they were not aware of the shooting in colorado. we'll have continue coverage of the shooting in colorado. >>> here is developin
in the last 15 minutes president obama released a statement responding to this tragedy. he said he's shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic colorado shooting. we will continue to bring you the latest updates on the story as they come in. allie rasmus ktvu. >> thanks. >>> overnight people around the bay area flocked to movie theaters to see the dark knight rises. you are looking at video that was taken this morning at a movie theater in emeryville. we talked to some about...
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and the obama campaign during 2008. he felt that he had a special relationship with obama that went on for 23 years. it is a mistake to think that barak obama only knew jeremiah wright through sitting in a pew in his church and listening to these sermons. in fact, obama and jeremiah wright had a 1-and-1 relationship where they met for literally hundreds of times in reverend wright's home, and in every step of obama's career, he went to reverend wright for advice, council, political direction. this was a relationship that was closer than any relationship in his life with the possible exception of his relationship with his own life, michelle obama. >> does he have any contact right now with the president? >> no, there's no contact. after obama won the presidency, the rev repped wright told me that he sent him a note congratulating him on achieving his ambition as he put it. he didn't expect the note to get to him directly, so he gave it to a neighbor of obama's who wright knew to hand deliver it, and he doesn't know to th
and the obama campaign during 2008. he felt that he had a special relationship with obama that went on for 23 years. it is a mistake to think that barak obama only knew jeremiah wright through sitting in a pew in his church and listening to these sermons. in fact, obama and jeremiah wright had a 1-and-1 relationship where they met for literally hundreds of times in reverend wright's home, and in every step of obama's career, he went to reverend wright for advice, council, political direction....
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obama wasn't claiming a big mandate. he was just saying, we had a big argument on this particular thing and also said something else today that i thought was important. washington is obsessed with the deficit but the deficit wasn't the first issue that he talked about. the first issue he talked about was creating jobs and the programs that he wants to push through for job training and community colleges and the like to help raise people's income and, again, i think that's very true to the constituency that elected him that, yes, people want the long-term fiscal problem solved but right now they are still interested in making sure this economy keeps moving forward. and, again, without claiming he has political capital, that's an issue where i think he's aligned not only with his own constituency but with a lot of other people, too. >> even in victory he reaches for consensus, chris. >> that's absolutely right. and he has gone above and beyond, no matter what the republicans say, he tried so hard to get republicans on boar
obama wasn't claiming a big mandate. he was just saying, we had a big argument on this particular thing and also said something else today that i thought was important. washington is obsessed with the deficit but the deficit wasn't the first issue that he talked about. the first issue he talked about was creating jobs and the programs that he wants to push through for job training and community colleges and the like to help raise people's income and, again, i think that's very true to the...